Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-25
Christmas festival OF carols and recitations
OF Scripture. No night service.
MOORE MENIORIAI.

been prettily decorated and a Maltese
cross OF gas will burn over the pulpit.
/ The choir is composed of Mrs. Brown,
soprano Mrs Fox, contralto; Mr..
| Clark, tenor and Mr.. Jones, basso.
| Organist, Mrs. Mitchell. Services will
/ be held in the chapel. II had been in-
tended by the congregation to worship
/ in the new church, aud TO get DR.. Peter
I kin, of st. James church (as Moore
/ Memorial is a child of St. James, to
preach the opening sermon, but the
| Doctor would not consent to leave his
flock ON Christmas Day, so the new
church will not be opened before next
Sunday.
ST. MARKS.
In st. Marks the decorations have
been placed only on the chancel and its
immediate surroundings.
The doors and tablets have been
wreathed with cedar and holly. The
pulpit, desk. and communicable have
been tastefully dressed with running cc-
dar, with the letters 81. Ii. S." before
the table
The chancel-rail has been festooned
with cedar and holly. In front Of the
chancel-rail the word Emmanuel" is
suspended in large white letters on red
ground.
There will be the usual Joyous Christ
mas music in the morning, and the ser
mon will be preached by The Rev. w.
/ Woodson Walker, of North Carolina,
son OF the Rev. Dr. Cornelius Walker,
professor in the Virginia Theological
Seminary.
ST. ANDREWS.
At st. Andrews church, Rev. Pike
Powers rector, the following music will
be sung at the morning service: Yolun-
tary, "Christians, Awake, Salute the
Happy Mora (WainwrighD; Yenite
/ Crotch Gloria Patri (Matthews) ;
Gloria in Excelsis (Zenner re Deum
| (Jackson); Benedictus, (Robihson) ;
Hymn, "Shout the Glad Tidings "
| (Avison); Hymn, "Colne Hither. ye
Faithful, Tuumpbantly Sing " (Road-
ing. Mr.. L. d. Redd, organist.
CHRIST.
At morning and evening service Rev.
J. i. I'unsten. rector, will preach. The
music, led by Mr.. Bentley, viii be plain
but pretty. Starkeweather's TIE Deum
will be sung, and the hymns taken from
Hutchinss Hymnal. The decorations
are very well put up. The rear walls Of
the recess chancel have been made a
solid mass of green in front stands in
bold effect against the dark background
q large four-foot (silyer) cross, which is
surmountedby gilt crown. A gilt star
hangs from the centre Of the chaucel 10y
an invisible wire.
GRACE.
The following music will he rendered
at Grace church, Rev. DR.. Ii. NJ. Jack
son pastor Opening anthem. quartottc,
"And There We're Shepherds " (Danks) ;
Vente in f. Danks) Glorias (Buck and
| Danks); TIE Deum (FestiyaD. Il 6
| (Buck) Jublati in C (Buck) Hymn,
"Shout the Glad Tidings" (Williams) ;
Hymn, Christians, Awake quartette
| WARREN Ofertory, "Arise, Shine, for
Thy Light is Come " Buck).
Catholic.
Christmas services will be begun as
early as o'clock in the morning, as fol-
lows: Convent of the Visitation, Bene-
dictine and Franciscan Converts,
Josephite and Benedictine Orders
Sisters of Charity, and Little Sisters Of
the Poor. The services will consist IN
the recitation of the Office OF the day,
opening with the Nenite Exultimus, fol-
lowed by the recitation of three noe
turnes and the singing of nine lessons
and ending with the Tie Deum.
THE CHURCHES.
Christmas is now the only day on
which plurality of masses may be said.
On this great feast the Church extends TO
every priest the privilege of celebrating
mass three times the same morning
without, however, binding him to cele-
brate more than one. This privilege was
granted by Pope Telesphorus a. D..
AZ.
CATHEDRAL.
The Cathedral on this day is always
crowded to Oyerilowing with people OF
all denominations. The first mass at )
o'clock will be sung by Very Rev. A.
Van de Nyver, yicar-general. This will
be followed by low masses at and s
O'Clock. At 1Oi o'clock Bishop Keane
will celebrate pontitical mass with Very
Rev. A. Van de \yvor vested in cope as
assistant priest and Roys. L. NJ. Tierney
and VI. L. Dinneen as deacon and sub
deacon. The procession will start from
the esacristy, headed 10y thirty-six acolytes,
under charge of Brother Michael, fol
lowed by tho clergy, the Bishop in the
rear. After a short prayer at the foot Of
the altar the Bishop Will proceed to his
throne, where he is to be vested with his
pontIical robes by the deacon and sub
deacon, assisted by eight acolytes. At
the close OF the mass the Bishop will
give the papal blessing, the assistant
priests publishing the indulgences, first
IN Latin and then in English. Very Rev.
Van dc Vyver will preach.
The choir, under charge OF Mr.. Leo
nard, will sing Charpenter's Mass in G.
and the "Kyrie" from Hayden's Seventh
Mass in G major also NOyello's arrange
ment OF the Christmas hymn "Adeste
Fidelis.
The offering in the Cathedral as well
as at st. Patrick's and the Sacred Hearts
churches will be for the Disabled and
Infirm Priests Fund.
ST. PATRIcK's.
At st. Patrick's church the first mass
will be at 5 o'clock, followed by low
mass and later by high mass at 1920
o'clock. Celebrants, Revs. Patrick
Donohoe and j. l.. Tiernan. Miss Ellen
L. Oylwin will act as organist, and the
choir will sing the "Kyrie" and "Glo-
ria from Mozart's Twelfth Mass, the
"Credo " from Haydn's No. 3, and the
balance from Haydn's No. 4.
ST. MARY's.
St. Mary's church is handsomely de-
corated with eyergreens and natural
flowers and an abundance of candles.
The first mass will be at 5 o'clock. Cele-
brant, Very Rev. Willebald Baumgart-
ner, o. $. B. ; Deacon, Rev. Patrick
Donlon, o. S. B., professor at st. Mary's
College, n. G. Su0-Deacon, Rev. Wal
ter Leahy, o. $. b., principal at St
Mary's High School. Low masses will
follow at y and 8 o'clock. Late mass at
I'D o'clock, with Rev. Walter Leahy, 0.
S. b., as celebrant Very Rev. Willie